Katz is a science communicator within the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan. She supports the promotion of various department-based research programs, including MDisability, MyVoice, MYHealth AREP, and U-M's Mixed Methods Program, as well as individual researchers’ work. Katz holds a master’s degree in public relations.

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Mental health, substance abuse treatment facilities don't provide communication access to Deaf, Hard of Hearing patients

These services, researchers found, were largely inaccessible to people who use sign language, discriminating against already ‘severely marginalized’ population in the United States.

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